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 ===== Presidential Collar ===== ===== Presidential Collar =====
-The collar was presented to Trinity College at the opening of the 1953 Commencement exercises by former [[funston_g._keith|President G. Keith Funston]], Class of 1932, in memory of his grandmother, Maria Briggs Keith. It was received by Mr. Newton C. Brainard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and dedicated by the Right Reverend Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Connecticut. Intended to be worn on ceremonial occasions, it is the visible symbol of the president’s high office and authority.+The collar was presented to Trinity College at the opening of the 1953 Commencement exercises by former President [[funston_g._keith|G. Keith Funston]], Class of 1932, in memory of his grandmother, Maria Briggs Keith. It was received by Mr. Newton C. Brainard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and dedicated by the Right Reverend Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Connecticut. Intended to be worn on ceremonial occasions, it is the visible symbol of the president’s high office and authority.
  
 Mr. Funston and Professor John E. Candelet, faculty mace bearer, planned and designed the collar which was made by the Gorham Company of Providence. The golden seal of the Trinity President hangs from the collar, which is fashioned of seven silver seals and twenty replicas of the [[elms|Trinity Elms]] in sterling silver washed in gold. The Elms rise from scrolls engraved with the initial “T.” At the center is the Trinity College seal superimposed on a triangle representing the Holy Trinity--the religious foundations of the college--crowned by a sun signifying enlightenment. In the lower corners of the triangle are the Book, representing knowledge, and a pair of student’s hands extended to receive it, symbolizing the desire of youth to receive an education. Mr. Funston and Professor John E. Candelet, faculty mace bearer, planned and designed the collar which was made by the Gorham Company of Providence. The golden seal of the Trinity President hangs from the collar, which is fashioned of seven silver seals and twenty replicas of the [[elms|Trinity Elms]] in sterling silver washed in gold. The Elms rise from scrolls engraved with the initial “T.” At the center is the Trinity College seal superimposed on a triangle representing the Holy Trinity--the religious foundations of the college--crowned by a sun signifying enlightenment. In the lower corners of the triangle are the Book, representing knowledge, and a pair of student’s hands extended to receive it, symbolizing the desire of youth to receive an education.
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 [[https://www.trincoll.edu/abouttrinity/history-traditions/traditions/|Trinity College Traditions]] [[https://www.trincoll.edu/abouttrinity/history-traditions/traditions/|Trinity College Traditions]]
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=commencement|Commencement Program]], 2020.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34547310|Commencement Program]], 2020.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=reporter|Trinity Alumni Magazine]], Fall 1968.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571869|Trinity Alumni Magazine]], Fall 1968.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1947&context=reporter|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1953.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786979|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1953.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3919&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], May 13, 1953.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29560330|Trinity Tripod]], May 13, 1953.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=reporter|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1950.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31511587|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1950.
  
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